I don’t want to let my baby starve..

I need some help.. I’m a college senior and I currently have ONE more semester left I stayed in school through my entire pregnancy and this is something I feel I need to finish for me and my newborn daughter. Anywho. She won’t eat unless it’s breastmilk straight from my breast. I feel like I’m teying everything. Formula, pumping, half formula half breastmilk. She won’t take it. She starts screaming. Crying so hard she turns red until she can latch. I’m scared I won’t be able to go back to school because she won’t eat anything else. I hate to see and hear she cry like that. What can I do..

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She wont take a bottle? My first daughter had that problem and it was rough. Took a lot of effort, and she had to get pretty hungry before she would take the bottle... have you tried someone else giving her the bottle?

My first refused bottles for the most part and went to daycare full time. She would only eat a couple ounces a day. Then when she was home she would nurse 2 hrs all day and night. So we slept like crap but she didnt starve. She's now a smart healthy 2 yr old.

Have you tried different brands of bottles? My BF’d baby would drink from como tomo bottles which I’ve read are very great to use if you want to keep breastfeeding as well. She would also take Dr. Brown’s bottles.

She wont take a bottle? My first daughter had that problem and it was rough. ...

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11/09/2018

She wont take a bottle? My first daughter had that problem and it was rough. Took a lot of effort, and she had to get pretty hungry before she would take the bottle... have you tried someone else giving her the bottle?

She will somewhat take a bottle from someone else but not for long though

My babe loves the boob too. LOVES it. She took a Comotomo bottle one night that we got desperate and gave her a bit of formula (she was cluster feeding but I thought my milk flow was poor and that she was starving). It’s supposed to be very similar to the breast. I’ve heard great things about the Kiinde bottle system and Tommee Tippee, too.

I go back to work in a month and I’m nervous about this too. I left the house to run an errand yesterday so DH (dear husband) tried to give LO (little one) a bottle when she woke from her nap and it wasn’t pretty. She fussed and cried a lot but eventually did take a bottle because she was hungry. We are going to work on giving her a bottle at least once every day. Our pediatrician said it would most likely take about a week for her to be really comfortable with it.

for more bottle suggestions tommee tippee is pretty good. The niple is rather broad like a boob. Dr. Brown's has two variations of nipples available. One is skinnier than the other. I would suggest going for the fat one. My son breastfeeds at night and takes bottles during the day. He does well with the tommee tippee and fat dr. Brown's

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